Christopher Walken, beloved star of True Romance, and, more recently, testicular-imagery-laden competitive table tennis spoof Balls of Fury, showed up in person Friday night to collect his Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award from the famous Harvard dramatic club. The appearance took full advantage of the multi-talented icon, with Pudding members requesting that Walken perform a song from Hairspray, intone his "more cowbell" catchphrase from the classic SNL skit, and, in a scenario that perhaps skirted the boundaries of good taste, reenact the Russian Roulette scene from The Deer Hunter using a Super Soaker filled with strawberry jam.

ABCNews.com is reporting that Christopher Walken has chosen yet another project which will accommodate his penchant for taking any role that requires him to don a shoulder-length wig, this time, according to Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil, playing Ozzy Osbourne in the upcoming film adaptation of the band's rock n' roll tell-all, The Dirt:

Had you told us a photo would emerge from the set of Hairspray, currently shooting in Toronto, whose monstrous, bouffant-laden imagery could haunt our dreams more than this one, we likely would have thought you had been huffing on a paper bag full of Aqua Net. Of course, we hadn't yet laid eyes on this portrait of Christopher Walken, whom we can best surmise plays the movie's elderly, withered drag queen, pictured positively beaming as he takes in what will likely be one of his final few gay pride parades. We imagine it should be a week or so before flashbacks to drooping sock-garters on a pair of spindly, pallid calves fail to rouse us from our slumber in trembling nightsweats.

We find it hard to believe that anyone thought that Christopher Walken was actually planning a presidential run in 2008 (it seemed so obvious that we merely tossed it into the end-of-day links last week), but here come the official denials:

· Immediately stop what you're doing and get a good pre-happy hour buzz going with the incredible Tara Reid Drinking Game from the bored geniuses at Liquid Generation. We've already taken it for a test drive, and we must say, Reid is a formidble opponent.
· You've lost hours daydreaming about what it might be like to inherit Paul Rudd's cellphone number, but now you can read about what it's really like.
· The origin of the Ben Affleck Chair...revealed! Turns out it was an expensive gift from Kevin Smith.
· A Christopher Walken run for president in 2008 could almost—almost!—get us out to vote. [via Screenhead]
· At least Sony doesn't have any illusions about the quality of Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. "'Movies don't have to be "Gone With the Wind" if they are entertaining,' said Geoff Ammer, Sony's president of worldwide marketing."

· Esquire is setting up a party pad in one of Donald Trump's buildings. [Page Six]
· Pataki's suspiciously red eyes attributed to contact lenses. [Page Six]
· Oliver Stone's next movie is a film about Yasser Arafat titled "Persona Non Grata." [Page Six]
· Architect Daniel Libeskind has problems with calling Ground Zero "the pit." [Page Six]
· Chicago producer Marty Richards almost missed getting into the Golden Globes ceremony. [Cindy Adams]
· Christopher Walken rubs cats for pain relief. [Cindy Adams]
· Golden Globes starlets had to sign contracts stating that they'd wear the gowns they'd been given after designers got tired of actresses taking home the dresses and never wearing them. [Liz Smith]
· The Miramax Golden Globes after party was so crowded, Colin Farrell, Heath Ledger, and Shelley Morrison were turned away. Tommy Lee demanded that Penthouse Pets take their shirts off, at a recent Penthouse party, and when they refused to comply, he attempted to remove them himself. [NY Daily News]